Proclamation:
“Then we Your people, the sheep of Your
pasture, will praise You forever; from generation to generation we will proclaim
Your praise.” Psalm 79:13 (NIV)
Explanation:
The words of this psalm were written under
the influence of The Holy Spirit of God by Asaph, the director of music
appointed by King David, who was also a seer who was said to prophesy. (2
Chronicles 29:30) This psalm is thought
to be written by the psalmist, under a prophetic spirit, who foresaw and foretold
things which would come to pass regarding the destruction of Jerusalem and the
affliction of the Jews by their enemies. (Psalm 79:1-7) This disaster came upon them because they did
not keep their end of the covenant with God.
His prayer is that The Lord God would not hold their past sins against
them, that He would forgive them, and that He would avenge their suffering and
pay back their enemies seven times the suffering that they had cause them.
(Psalm 79:10-12) For this His people
would be eternally grateful and praise His name forever.
Application:
When we pray and petition The Lord God for
mercy, forgiveness, and a blessing, we should believe that He will answer us
and we should thank Him and praise Him as if it has already been done. Many times the suffering that we endure we
bring upon ourselves by our willful disobedience to The Word of God. That is why we should first as for His mercy
and His forgiveness before we ask for His favor. We need to acknowledge our sins and then ask
Him to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. (Psalm 51:1-4 and 1 John 1:9) Then we can ask for that which will give Him
glory.
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